Spiders ... Friend of Foe?

Good Evening

This post is inspired by the events that took place this afternoon.

So, I went home during my lunch break today to errrrrr .... eat lunch! Upon my return to work, I was driving along the London Road when, from out of no where, this object fell into my lap and made a kind of 'thud' sound. My initial thought was 'What the eff is that?' so I looked ......

BUT ... my gosh I wish I hadn't as right before my eyes, sitting very neatly on my lap (whilst I am operating a car in motion) was a rather black, large, hairy gigantic beast of a spider!

So, some of you reading this will think ... what is the big deal? However, I can imagine some of you will feel my pain. Let me explain. I suffer quite severely from Arachnophobia ... those who know me well will know that if there is a spider within about 100 yards of me or even if I am aware that there is one within the vicinity, I will run away screaming like a little girl! So, to have one sitting on my lap whilst driving my car is probably my idea of Hell.

Back to the scene, I felt my body tensing up, my hands going sweaty and tears welling up in my eyes but I could do nothing. I couldn't scream and run away as I was driving a car, unless I wanted to be responsible for a nasty road accident - no ta, not after my accident in January! So I managed to get my car back to the car park (quite calmly too) and as soon as I was parked up I bolted out of that car so fast. A nice young man came and removed the intruder from my car and, for that, I am eternally grateful to him! What a hero!

In my opinion  ... Spiders are not your friends!!!